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Enjoy skiing but wanting something more out of it? Trying to find out how to recoup the costs of all of your ski gear and trips but without compromising your ski days? Thought about becoming a ski instructor? If so then … [Continue reading...]

You now know all of the countries that are ISIA members, and some may have been new to you. However, on top of that, there are so many more countries around the world that you can … [Continue reading...]

… Israel? Maybe you did, but there are so many places all over the world that you can ski in that people are shocked to hear about. ISIA (International Ski Instructors Association) … [Continue reading...]

Aside from the Sound of Music, yodelling and lederhosen (sorry for the awful stereotyping), Austria is home to world-class ski resorts and runs including the might Hahnenkamm in … [Continue reading...]

Ski Instructor Qualifications

You may have heard of, or come across, “gap courses” when researching ski instructor courses. Ever since the rise of the Gap Year phenomenon, taking a ‘year out’ between the end of school and the start of university, or often following university, … [Continue reading...]

It’s fair to say that the majority of skiers, and ski instructors for that matter, are alpine skiers. This means that traditionally, you use a lift pass, get taken up the mountain and then ski down, perhaps on a piste, perhaps not. And maybe within … [Continue reading...]

Whilst BASI (insert link) is the main snowsports instructor qualification provider in the UK, there are a number of other organisations that offer certain qualifications more regionally; Snowsport England, Snowsport Scotland and Snowsport Wales. … [Continue reading...]

APSI (Australian Professional Snowsport Instructors) have a series of qualifications to enable you to work as a ski instructor. As with many other organisations, there are 4 levels for alpine ski instructing as well as further professional … [Continue reading...]